Assassins' Deeds: A History of Assassination from Ancient Egypt to the Present Day

by John Withington

Assassins have been killing the powerful and famous for at least three thousand years. Personal ambition, revenge, and anger have encouraged many to violent deeds, like the Turkish sultan who had nineteen of his brothers strangled or the bodyguards who murdered a dozen Roman emperors. More recently have come new motives like religious and political fanaticism, revolution and liberation, with governments also getting in on the act, while many victims...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1789143519
• ISBN13: 9781789143515
• Release Date: December 2020
• Publisher: Reaktion Books
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 0.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.0" x 9.3"